1. Two strangers grapple with hazy 'Memory' in this unsettling film - NPR
Jan 5, 2024 · I didn't love that movie, either, but it had some of the same unsettling intimacy and emotional force as Memory. It's enough to make me want to ...
Peter Sarsgaard is a man with early-onset dementia and Jessica Chastain is a single mother with a traumatic past in a film about two people who come into each other's lives at just the right time.
2. Memory movie review & film summary (2023) - Roger Ebert
Dec 22, 2023 · Memory isn't a pure puzzle box. Told through a humanist lens, it never resorts to simple sentimentality.
Memory isn’t a pure puzzle box. Told through a humanist lens, it never resorts to simple sentimentality.
3. Memory (2023) - Rotten Tomatoes
This was definitely not a mainstream movie and I say that in a complimentary way. Wonderful performances by the entire cast. A very sad but touching story.
Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
4. Memory - Plugged In
Jan 5, 2024 · Memory pushes us to root for an emotional climax and maybe ignore just what their story might've looked like had the film been 30 minutes longer ...
Memory has some content we’d like to ignore. But the subjects dealt with here? They’re worthy of discussion.
5. Distant Memories (2024) short film review - Screen Critix
Oct 1, 2024 · Without being melodramatic or showy, Esper pulls us into a surreal, dreamlike experience of a woman whose memories are slowly slipping away.
An exploration of Anna, an aging woman, as she suffers from a mind-altering disease. This is Chris Esper’s Distant Memories.
6. Memory review – survivors grapple with an unstable past in a delicate ...
Oct 6, 2023 · Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard excel in Michel Franco's absorbing story about the unnerving reunion of a care worker and a friend from her past.
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard excel in Michel Franco’s absorbing story about the unnerving reunion of a care worker and a friend from her past
7. Memory (2024) - Always Good Movies
May 13, 2024 · He skillfully shapes every aspect of this poignant exploration of healing love with an ultra-realistic vision and precise calibration, avoiding ...
Direction: Michel Franco Country: USA Mexican writer-director Michel Franco, whose body of work includes After Lucia (2012) and Chronic (2015), returns with Memory , a taut, beautifully composed drama where every moment holds weight. The film traces the journey of Sylvia (Jessica Chastain),
8. Venice 2023 review: Memory (Michel Franco)
Sep 8, 2023 · “Memory is a film that, no pun intended, will long linger on the mind because of its measured unfolding of the story and a gut-wrenching ...
"Memory is a film that, no pun intended, will long linger on the mind because of its measured unfolding of the story and a gut-wrenching central
9. Review: 'Memory' fails to answer its own questions honestly
Jan 5, 2024 · Though it is not easily categorizable, “Memory” is a thoughtful journey featuring very fine performances from both Chastain and Sarsgaard, who ...
Memory may be imperfect, this movie reminds us, but feelings rarely are.
